Posted by
Brian Lathe on Saturday, June 07, 2008 2:24:46 PM
Rachel played a sound clip of one of President Bush's speech, a sound clip which Rachel called, "the smoking gun mushroom cloud speech". In the speech clip, Bush mentioned many things about why we were about to go to war with Iraq. Rachel's intent was to show every point Bush made in the speech untrue. Some of the things she mentioned were potentially debateable, however, she glossed quickly over the issue of terrorism and Saddam Hussein's links to terrorism. She didn't say much, including little to no factual data that could be verified. The truth is that Saddam Hussein did give money to the families of Hammas suicide bombers after the terrorists completed their terror mission.
She then went on to ask a provacative question about whether Presidents should be prosecuted for lying. Bill Clinton is an excellent example of such lying. He, in fact, was impeached for lying while in office, and further, lost his liscense to practice law. Now may I ask a provacative question? Can talk show hosts be likewise prosecuted for lying or spreading deception on the airwaves?
Brian Lathe